Nissan dealers delivered 59 Leafs in Canada during the month of December which exactly twice as many as the number of cubes delivered in the same month. Total for the year is 170.http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/901685/ ... s-for-2011

Mitsubishi sold 80 i's in Nov/December, the first months they were available.

2011 in Europe : Fully electric cars make a discreet appearance in this year’s ranking but 2012 should see some of them really take off: the Mitsubishi i is #250 with 2,608 sales, followed by the Peugeot iOn at #258 with 1,926 units, the Citroen C-Zero at #260 and 1,830 sales, the Nissan Leaf at #264 with 1,726 units and the Opel Ampera at #304 and 304 sales.

It has long been my opinion that LEAF sales in the numbers the Smyrna factory is now capable of producing will be based on the number of buyers/lessees who learn that a new LEAF is actually one of the least-expensive cars they can buy, in total cost of ownership.

Anecdotal report of increased October LEAF sales, and what is driving them, at the video below:

Our friend Paul Scott knows a thing or two about electric vehicles (EVs), having been involved with Plug In America for years. These days, he's a Nissan Leaf salesman and his top technique is to, as he puts it, put butts in seats. Once people drive an EV, they often walk away with a better understanding of the potential change that EVs offer. Since he's one of the top EV salespeople in the US – he works for Nissan of Downtown LA – we asked how things have been going recently. The short version, Scott told AutoblogGreen, is that things are going incredibly well.

"Sales are very good right now," he said. "Nissan's aggressive pricing has jump started the Leaf sales and especially the Leaf lease. I'm pretty sure we'll see a record month for the Leaf when the national numbers come in. If other dealers are experiencing what we're experiencing, it'll be a record for certain.

"When the monthly payment dropped to less than many people spend for gas, the phone began to ring constantly...

"A good measure of how well the car is doing is that employees of our dealership began leasing the cars. This is very important since they can now speak from experience when selling the car to customers. Their glee in saving money on gas is clearly evident when they speak to customers and this becomes infectious.